Web Based Teaching in Surgery and Medicine Alp Numanoglu Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital University of Cape Town
Paediatric Surgery 100 Paediatric Surgeons – sub-Saharan Africa Most in Nigeria and South Africa 300 million children Improving service by teaching and research
Medical & Surgical Education Traditionally Professor Lecture Hands on experience Computer assisted Microcomputers Cell phones Software Online technologies Network Wi-Fi Tele-education Micro-chips Bandwidth
Digital theatres Surgical Skills Training Centre Web based teaching / Tele-education
Video streaming
Generation Y Born in 1983 or after Tech-Savvy Family-Centric Achievement-Oriented Team-Oriented Attention-Craving
Generation Y in South Africa 99% use the internet – most about 2 hours a da 73% access the internet on their phone 11% watch webinars / webisodes (online seminars / online episodes) 91% use facebook; 30% use twitter, 69% have a Mxit account 50% use Google as a Search Engine – 50% use facebook 60% spend more than 5hrs a day on facebook 84% use facebook to send messages rather than
Need and Resources June 2010: Regular teaching taking place during predetermined days/times How to broadcast this to other sites? Free software for webcasts – Worked well for Power Point – Difficulty in sharing videos
Adobe connect pro meeting layout No additional hardware; Laptop/PC & Speakers No software download Internet browser based Multiple presenters / participants
Live discussions and Polls
Bandwidth issues Over 200 meetings conducted Unable to present once Once no link with Europe (African sites worked) Never had no attendees Some colleagues unable to join due to connectivity issues ie Malawi
Different uses of Web Based Education Web based lectures – Friday 2pm paediatric surgery lectures – Monday am Nursing meetings Panel discussion – SASES MAS series started in November 2012 Web congresses – Colo-rectal meetings – Policlinico Research and Eduation meetings – IPSRS November 2013 meeting Skills training – Video-laryngoscopy – Nasopharyngeal endoscopy Tele-medicine
Ebola
SAAPS EXCO meetings
Web Congress
Recordings
Cell Phones
30% of current participants are using mobile devices
Google glass GoPro Camera
Audit
Interest
Countries regularly join us
Conclusion Generation Y Halstedian system is changing Webinars increasingly used Convenient and cost effective Technology continuously improving Congresses will remain (networking, etc) but there will be increased information transfer opportunities via online methods